Poached : Hunt The Hunter

Big titles should learn from this. I know it is a small game that can be finished in an evening but it has a great story and best of all no bugs. It started first time and did not crash once.

So my review might seem biased because I'm from South Africa..and as far as I'm aware the game is made by a South African. Despite that, my review is purely from a gamers stance. To begin, this game is really fun and reminds me a ton of FarCry 2..my favourite out of the farcry franchise. This game definitely has an interesting story I won't he spoiling here..it really caught me by surprise and not at all what I expected but that is by no means a bad thing. You have the option of selecting between 4 operators I think? Each with their own stats..BUT the dev is planning on adding a custom character creation, not sure if that includes creating and changing your own stats but the fact he's planning on this makes it so much better. From what I gathered the idea surrounding the custom character creation will implement a similar system to Ground Branch where you can make your own kit which is something I always love. On that note tho, the dev is very active in developing and actually listens to feedback and interacts with his community and is very open for more ideas and feedback. Pretty nice guy as well and actually talks to you and gives his ideas as well which is always a plus for new games..as other devs say they "listen" to their community but in reality, they don't..at all. Gameplay: Pretty fun and not at all difficult to learn, you point and shoot, that doesn't mean you can take hits like a spartan from the halo series as you're a normal squishy human..so playing tactically is a real option in this and how I prefer to play my games...slow and not rushing around like you're playing DOOM. He also has ideas on improving AI a lot more and others to make the gameplay loop a bit more difficult and tactical. If you finished your main quest for the day, you still have some side activities you can do and side missions so you don't have to end the day just to get a new main mission. Also exploring is encouraged, genuinely a really beautiful environment for a game that can be easily run on most hardware..proving you don't have to use the most advanced textures and meshes to have a beautiful game..but this has nothing to do with the gameplay and just something I wanted to drop in here as I enjoy the fact that I don't need a NASA computer to play the game. The gameplay all in all is pretty fun, not too difficult but also not too easy per say. You unlock more guns as you progress and I'm pretty sure you get some if you explore the map. You can trade stocks (which I didn't do as I don't understand it at all), you can do Ostrich races, you can "braai" (barbeque) which is very pleasing to my Afrikaans roots. The game genuinely has great potential, and even if not globally recognised, I know it would be recognised locally and enjoyed by the people of South Africa. Even if I have a really positive review, this doesn't mean the game is flawless by any means and as far as I'm aware it's actively developed by one guy. It has bugs but haven't encountered something game breaking, and even if you do encounter such a bug the dev will quickly release a hotfix for the bug or provide a save file if he can't fix it at that moment. Some of the gun sounds aren't great, but is also a thing that will be worked on later as he's busy with the core and most important part of the game I'm really excited for the future of this game and where it goes, I really do enjoy it and is something I'd proudly showcase in my library..as a South African and a gamer. If you do decide to get it, make sure to join the discord and share your thoughts and opinions, what you think can be improved or anything else..even if it's just to chat! Not the best review ever, but one I really took time to make as I really enjoyed this game and think it has a ton of potential!